Toys
Sex Sells…Anything

Pubic hair dinner plate by Ana Mir This collection of 32 unnecessarily naughty products proves that any product you can possibly think of can be made X-rated. We understand the market for gimmicky bachelor and bachelorette party favors, but sexy stained glass and cookie jars? Now that’s just plain wrong. Is nothing sacred anymore? And […]

Pop Culture
The 13 Types of Casual Sex

photo by _StaR_DusT_ rec sex: Joy riding, wherein you are happily being ridden or are happily riding someone else. Short for “recreational sex,” this kind of fucking-for-the-fun-of-it usually comes from a positive, happy place; in other words, if you were depressed or heartbroken or enraged, the sex you had shouldn’t officially be called rec sex. […]

Research
Scientists Debunk Beer Goggles Theory

photo by twodolla Turns out you can no longer blame booze the next time you wake up in a coyote ugly situation. In fact, researchers at the University of Leicester in England found that drinking alcohol actually reduces the attractiveness of the opposite sex. Participants in the study, in various stages of intoxication, were shown […]

Websites
Blog Snog (04-24-09)

Why do beauty pageant contestants always make it so easy…? A weekly roundup of some of our favorite sex- and love-related posts from various blogs and websites: Best Week Ever tells all future Miss USA contestants: Never, ever piss off the gays. Nerve excerpts Jessica Valenti’s new book, The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession with […]

What's Up Doc?
Dear Dr. Kate: Sex with My Girlfriend Is a Tight Squeeze

Dr. Kate is an OB/GYN at one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City and she answers your medical questions here once a week. To ask her your own question, click here. Dr. Kate, During intercourse with my girlfriend it feels like her vagina is very tight…too tight! It can actually be painful […]

Pop Culture
Safer Sex Haiku Contest

You could win this Tantalising [sic] Lip Butter that can help save the world! The Body Shop and MTV’s awesomely named Staying Alive Foundation have recently launched an STD awareness campaign called “Yes to Safe Sex” (we would have called it “Yes to Safer Sex,” but we’re sticklers like that). During the campaign the Body […]

Polls
Poll: Is Sex a Bargaining Chip?

Is it ever okay to withhold sex from your partner to make a point? ( polls) Can’t see the poll? Click here to take it.

Toys
Kill Your Toxic Vibe Today

Little Chromas by Jimmyjane In honor of Earth Day, high-end sex toy creator Jimmyjane is asking you to kill your toxic vibe: post of photo or a description on their Facebook page by next Wed, April 29th, of what they’re calling a “decommissioning ceremony” of any crap sex toy you may have (i.e. it’s a […]

Dear Em & Lo
Dear Em & Lo: My Boyfriend Never Calls

photo by mistress_f Hello Em & Lo, I’ve been in a relationship for 4 months and things are getting pretty serious: we spend almost every weekend together. But during the week we only talk to each other a maximum of 30 to 45 minutes every night right before we go to bed. Should I be […]

Personal Essays
Confession: I Gave a Cheater a Second Chance

Our contributor, who wishes to remain anonymous, has a confession to make. I always thought cheating was a deal-breaker. I imagined if my boyfriend so much as kissed another girl, I would dump him without an ounce of regret. There would be no “get out of jail free” card for my boyfriend or giving him […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: What’s the Big Deal with Twins?

Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following: What’s the deal with fantasizing about twins? (Coors Lite twins, etc.) How come the whole implied incest thing isn’t a turn-off? Straight Single Guy (Colin): I think, for some men, having a set of twins is the American Dream. An international friend […]

News
Naked News (04-21-09)

photo by appenz Move over cougars; hyenas are the new predatory females in town. The latest trend, apparently, is sexually aggressive teen girls who take boys’ virginity just for fun, leaving the guys depressed and/or freaked out. Equality never felt so crappy. Like Freddie Krueger (except scary), Sarah Palin rises again, this time in preparation […]

Dear Em & Lo
Your Call: Should She Fess Up Her Indiscretion?

photo by rileyroxx We feel just awful that we can’t answer every single advice question we get, but we figure that any answer is better than no answer at all. Which is why, once a week, we’ll let you guys decide how to advise a reader. Make your call by filling out the poll after […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: Stuck in a Waiting Room with Cheating Ex

photo by PinkMoose Other people’s dreams are never interesting…except when they’re about sex. Each week, our dream analyst Lauri Loewenberg tells one lucky reader what their dirty dream means (after the jump). This week, a woman asks Lauri: Real life: The guy I’d been seeing for a couple of years became involved with another woman […]

Uncategorized
Don't Be Caught Dead Reading That

Clever Covers You read the New York Times weekend edition cover to cover; you spice up cocktail party conversation by quoting Proust and Kant; you adore obscure indie shorts on SundanceChannel.com. You’re an intellectual who never shies away from metaphysical debates or multi-syllabic words. BUT…you’ve got a deep dark secret: you’re addicted to trashy romance […]

Websites
Blog Snog (04-17-09)

Lindsay Lohan’s eHarmony Profile A weekly roundup of sex- and love-related posts from some of our favorite blogs and websites: Funny or Die hosts Linday Lohan’s fake eHarmony ad. Would it be more or less funny if this wasn’t her only starring vehicle in about a decade? Leave it to the Germans to plug condoms […]